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Lectures on cosmic topological defects

Abstract

These lectures review certain topological defects and aspects of their cosmology. Unconventional material includes brief descriptions of electroweak defects, the structure of domain walls in non-Abelian theories, and the spectrum of magnetic monopoles in SU(5) Grand Unified theory. (author)
Authors:
Vachaspati, T [1] 
  1. Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Colaba, Mumbai (India) and Physics Department, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland (United States)
Publication Date:
Nov 15, 2001
Product Type:
Conference
Report Number:
INIS-XA-806; LNS-014005
Resource Relation:
Conference: Summer school on astroparticle physics and cosmology, Trieste (Italy), 12-30 Jun 2000; Other Information: 23 refs, 4 figs, 2 tabs; Related Information: In: Astroparticle physics and cosmology, ICTP lecture notes CD seriesv. 4, by Senjanovic, G.; Smirnov, A.Yu.; Thompson, G. (eds.), 355 pages.
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; COSMOLOGY; GRAND UNIFIED THEORY; LECTURES; MAGNETIC MONOPOLES; SU-5 GROUPS; TOPOLOGY
OSTI ID:
20831688
Research Organizations:
Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste (Italy)
Country of Origin:
IAEA
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ISBN 92-95003-02-0; TRN: XA0502536005744
Availability:
Available from INIS in electronic form; Also available on-line: http://www.ictp.it
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
page(s) 165-202
Announcement Date:
Feb 20, 2007

Citation Formats

Vachaspati, T. Lectures on cosmic topological defects. IAEA: N. p., 2001. Web.
Vachaspati, T. Lectures on cosmic topological defects. IAEA.
Vachaspati, T. 2001. "Lectures on cosmic topological defects." IAEA.
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